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president obama has proposed something. look we have agreement in both parties that we don't want taxes to go up at least for the people who make 250,000 dollars or less. we want to do something about the amt. both sides agree with that. let us at least pass a bill to deal with that. the senate passed a bill back in july. why can't the house just confirm that? >> oh, come on because the senate is a joke. they haven't even been able to pass a budget in over three years. come on. >> the senate passed a deal in july that dealt with the amt. it dealt with dividends and capital gains and it dealt with the, the fundamental issue of the tax rates. so i mean -- >> no, it dealt with the -- >> -- won't go up. >> i mean, let's have some consensus. let's at least agree on the things that we agree on, and then work on the more troubling issues afterwards. >> i saw annie yesterday, keith, and daddy warbucks had that same hairstyle. i think it's very compelling. i think -- >> i don't know if i'd call it a hairstyle. >> but it's a power, d
president obama has proposed something. look we have agreement in both parties that we don't want taxes to go up at least for the people who make 250,000 dollars or less. we want to do something about the amt. both sides agree with that. let us at least pass a bill to deal with that. the senate passed a bill back in july. why can't the house just confirm that? >> oh, come on because the senate is a joke. they haven't even been able to pass a budget in over three years. come on. >>...
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the obama tax cuts. i'm calling it first. the obama tax cuts. he's going to write a tax cut bill, send it up to the hill, and they're going to pass it. >> expires on january 2nd. >> do we make them permanent, jimmy? 98% of them will be made permanent? >> i hope not. that is not the job of the government. the government's job is to raise taxes and to lower taxes when our economy needs it. that's what the senate does. john breaux, former senator john breaux from louisiana sat on the floor during the 2001 tax bill and said our job is to raise taxes when they need to be raised and lower them when they need to be lowered. that's the senate and the house's job. >> but, one man's -- is another man's -- if you look at the laugher curve you don't know when to raise and when to lower at this point. >> president obama kept bush's taxes in for two years. >> i know. >> but suddenly, you know, democrats like you love the 98%, and you hate the 2%. it's very weird. >> tell him, joe. >> don't hate the 2%. i'm not a self-
the obama tax cuts. i'm calling it first. the obama tax cuts. he's going to write a tax cut bill, send it up to the hill, and they're going to pass it. >> expires on january 2nd. >> do we make them permanent, jimmy? 98% of them will be made permanent? >> i hope not. that is not the job of the government. the government's job is to raise taxes and to lower taxes when our economy needs it. that's what the senate does. john breaux, former senator john breaux from louisiana sat on...
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we're back to obama care. it's going through, whether you like it or not, this is the way it's going to be. >> here's the deal. i am wary of sort of reporting without context, and all of that. i don't doubt that the report is how it went down. but without context, i think people read into a lot of things, the conversation that none of us were present for. but here's what is absolutely crucial. i think there are two things to remember out of this deal. what i heard the speaker say last week, and i think the speaker's trying. i think he's trying but he can't get this conference together, i heard him say that even on a vote he wanted he couldn't get them there because there were people who felt they would go home and it would be perceived that they had raised taxes. and i heard him shrug his shoulders and say, well there's that. there's nothing more i can do. that's governing from fear. as opposed to governing from leadership. and somebody else on a show one day said a lot of these republicans really believe, thi
we're back to obama care. it's going through, whether you like it or not, this is the way it's going to be. >> here's the deal. i am wary of sort of reporting without context, and all of that. i don't doubt that the report is how it went down. but without context, i think people read into a lot of things, the conversation that none of us were present for. but here's what is absolutely crucial. i think there are two things to remember out of this deal. what i heard the speaker say last...
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president obama heading back to d.c. we're following every development as the clock keeps ticking. >>> retail numbers rolling in. >>> plus investing trends in the new year. ♪ >> we're focusing in on where to put your money as 2013 approaches. the second hour of "squawk box" starts right now. ♪ >>> good morning. welcome to "squawk box" on cnbc. i'm joe kernen, along with andrew ross sorkin. becky quick is off today. is this evans hour? "youngblood?" >> i don't know this song. ♪ >> futures are higher not as much as before. 17 points or so. being up at all with the fiscal cliff really looking like we're -- why wouldn't we head over. you go back to 39.6 on anybody 250 and above and ride in and lower taxes and be a hero. see republicans vote against that. >>> pre-christmas shopping rush wasn't much of a rush at all, at least not the type economists were expecting. a mastercard spending poll reports holiday sales were up .7 of a percent a year ago well below expectations. and we'll get a fresh read also on home prices wh
president obama heading back to d.c. we're following every development as the clock keeps ticking. >>> retail numbers rolling in. >>> plus investing trends in the new year. ♪ >> we're focusing in on where to put your money as 2013 approaches. the second hour of "squawk box" starts right now. ♪ >>> good morning. welcome to "squawk box" on cnbc. i'm joe kernen, along with andrew ross sorkin. becky quick is off today. is this evans hour?...